Shawhan, Kentucky

Shawhan is a
Bourbon county
community on what was once the Covington and Lexington Railroad near
Stoner Creek.
A Townsend post office, named for Townsend Creek, which was named for John
Townsend, opened in the area in 1854 and moved to the new tracks the next
year. The station and post office were known as Lilley's Station, named for
George Lilley, the postmaster. In 1857 they were both renamed Shawhan to
honor pioneer Daniel Shawhan. The post office closed in 1955.